grumes

Name: grumes, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɡʁym\

/\ɡʁym\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“grumes” is uncommon French (frequency #64,488 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,488
frequency rank, French: 2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de grume.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grumes · grumes · French

grumes · rank #64,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #64,488
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 2,617
PHOTO-FINISH graz

Nearest frequency peer: graz (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

graduate

35,517
granulométr…

35,516
graz

35,515
grumes

35,513
gua

35,511
guetteurs

35,509

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « grumes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Key facts for grumes
Property	Value
Headword	grumes
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɡʁym\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#64,488
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grumes » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grumestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#64,488

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « graz » (#64,486), « gua » (#64,490), « granulométrie » (#64,485). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grumes » est au #64,488. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grumes is uncommon French at frequency #64,488 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁym\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de grume.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for grumes, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grumes, spelled G-R-U-M-E-S.

Definition

1
Pluriel de grume.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grumes"?

"grumes" is spelled G-R-U-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁym\.

What does "grumes" mean?

As a noun, "grumes" means: Pluriel de grume.

How do you pronounce "grumes"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grumes" is \ɡʁym\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "grumes" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grumes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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